Hamza Kashgari may be killed over his Tweets. Did Interpol play a role in his capture?

Hamza Kashgari, a Saudi Arabian writer sought for blaspheming the Prophet Muhammed on Twitter, was returned to his homeland by Malaysian authorities before he could flee to New Zealand for asylum. Apostasy is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia.

After posting a series of Tweets about the Prophet Muhammed -- "I will say that I have loved aspects of you, hated others, and could not understand many more" reads one message -- Hamza faced a public uproar and fled his home.

No matter the truth, Interpol will seek distance from this case's messy tangle of religious and free-speech conflicts. And Malaysian authorities, despite the criticism they've faced for quickly extraditing the Saudi, are likely glad to be rid of him. Though blasphemy isn't a capital offense in Malaysia, the Muslim-majority country is home to plenty of voters who are unlikely to see Hamza as a sympathetic figure.

Social media's role in this case doesn't end with Twitter: fury over Hamza's Tweets was ramped up in large part by a Facebook group demanding his execution.